Canopy by Hilton, a new boutique hotel by the American hospitality icon, is coming to Fumba Town. It will be the first international hotel on the Fumba peninsula. The brand’s vibe: “positively local”. “We will bring the story of the neighbourhood into the hotel”, said Sam Diab, Hilton development director, in Fumba when unveiling plans […]
Revisiting colonial routes. For the first time, a water taxi connects Stone Town with the coastal heritage town Bagamoyo on the mainland. The trip takes about one hour. For tourists and residents, it opens up an excursion into the past. The endeavour is the brainchild of Joanna Turner, a cultural entrepreneur and daughter of a […]
In Fumba Town and elsewhere in Zanzibar In 2012, Airbnb listed three apartments in Zanzibar. Today, more than 1,000 holiday apartments and villas are found on the isles: from a shipping container in Paje to a tree house in Bwejuu. Two popular Airbnb hosts in Fumba explain what works best – for them and their […]
Living on Opportunity Lane. Let’s give our streets names! Fumba Town is growing, looking for a name concept for its streets, alleys and pedestrian lanes fitting a cosmopolitan, nature-loving community. Send us your ideas!Have you experienced this? You order take-away, and the piki driver calls you five times asking for directions before he finally stands […]
The son of Femi Kuti and grandson of Fela Kuti headlined one of the best Busara festivals ever By Andrea Tapper He flew into Zanzibar, capturing the hearts of music fans from all over. Afrobeat musician Mádé Kuti, 28, and his wife Inedoye, 25, made time for an exclusive interview with THE FUMBA TIMES before […]
Manhattan is 14.6 kilometres long and 3.5 km wide. Fumba is 14.3 kilometres long and 3.6 km wide. Otherwise, the two peninsulas couldn’t be more different, of course. Glitzy Manhattan, one of the commercial and cultural centres of the world, full of skyscrapers, banks, offices, residential skyscrapers. Fumba in Zanzibar, still green and rural, showing […]
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Incredible heat, endless rains – has the weather gone crazy? THE FUMBA TIMES editor-in-chief Andrea Tapper asked a man who knows a lot about the climate in Zanzibar: Hassan Khatib Ame, 44, head meteorologist at the international airport. THE FUMBA TIMES: Am I wrong, or has it been even hotter and more humid […]
Ramadan is a deeply festive and contemplative season for Muslims. But don’t be shy: Visitors are welcome in Zanzibar during the holiest month of the Muslim Calendar. When is Ramadan? This year, Ramadan (also written Ramadhan) is likely to begin on Monday, 11 March, with the sighting of the new moon. Every year Ramadan moves […]
